On 2001-11-25 08:56, Doctor Lovecraft wrote:
How do you stop a Russian player that invades Ukraine first turn? Is it worth losing all of your tanks to take it? Or do you let him fortify it?
Never ever ever lose tanks in battle.
If you’re playing against skilled allies, you must give up Finland always, and you must give up Ukraine for much of the game. The trick though is to surrender these territories in a way that allows you to keep more of your assets.
I usually dont share secrets, but:
If Russia takes Ukraine, then Germany’s first turn should be to attack Karelia with everything it has : for one round of combat only. You then retreat everything to Eastern Europe. But it is essential that you attack for no more than one round of dice rolls.
This move gets your valuable land-assets off of finland (where they’re sitting ducks guarding a measly 2 points) and consolidates them into a large Eastern Europe force. (and you will have lost NO TANKS).
And after your fighters get back from battling the UK navy, land three of them in Eastern Europe (and one in Western) and move your AAgun from Southern to Eastern.
Then move one infantry from Germany to Western and move three infantry from Germany to Eastern. (or 2 and 2 depending on your Eastern assets).
Eastern Europe is now your staging ground to the east and will usually remain Impenetrable.
Moreover, you now have only 2 fronts (Western and Eastern) and they’re within a blitzkreig of one another.
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[ This Message was edited by: Drunken Lies on 2001-12-06 18:08 ]**